Meaning of musteefino | Babel Free

Definitions

A child who is 1/16 black: the offspring of a mustee and a white parent.

obsolete

Examples

“[…] while the children of a musteefino are free by law, and rank as white persons to all intents and purposes .”

“while the children of a musteefino were free under the old slavery laws, and rank as white persons to all intents and purposes.”

“[…] from the mulatto and white comes the quadroon; from the quadroon and white, the mustee; the child of a mustee by a white man is a musteefino; while the ...”

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